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The US provided the vast majority of troops that were sent to South Korea

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The US spent roughly 67 billion

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The Korean War is often called The Forgotten War. It began when communist North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. When the war ended in 1953, Korea was still divided and it remains that way today.

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At the Potsdam conference dividing Korea by the 38th parallel was proposed. Under US, capitalist rule fell the Republic of Korea (south) and under communist rule fell the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (north).

In the Truman Doctrine the US president promises to help any country facing communist takeover.

In 1950 the civil war in China ends and a communist China is born, ruled by Mao...this made the US more weary of communism in asia because of the "domino theory".

In January of 1950 Kimmy 2.0 proposes the “liberation” of South Korea to Stalin, but Stalin rejects him :/...at first tho

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Learn more about what happened during the Korean War (1945-1953) and when it took place.

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The war ended with the same borders as how it started..along the 38th parallel.

The war had avoided going nuclear between the US and China, which was secretly backed by the USSR.

The war resulted in 5 million Koreans dead.

Not only were Korea's borders the same, but they were left with the same poverty and issues as before the war.

Although the war wasn't won the US had successfully stopped the spread of communism.

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the Korean War took course and finished the way it started, seesawing between sides throughout
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June 25th, 1950 - After negotiations between Stalin and Kim 2.0 Sung...North Korea successfully takes the capital of South Korea, Seoul.

US forces were sent to Pusan on a counter attack and rolled onto Chinese borders. China responding by attacking.
Even if the US had made it to the divide between North and South Korea by early January communist forces once again has Seoul.
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